The Leading object. Vol. 18, no. 3 (March 2004)

hank yous
are in order
to the following
legislators for
supporting col-lege-
related ini-tiatives
at the
recent legislative
session. Rep.
Andrew Nunez
( D- Hatch) introduced bills for a clima-tologist,
viticulturist, off- campus facili-ty
renewal, veterinarian, turf specialist
and livestock judging team. Sen. Mary
Jane Garcia ( D- Las Cruces) introduced
viticulturist legislation and Sen. Ben
Altamirano ( D- Silver City) a veterinari-an
bill.
Rep. Brian Moore ( R- Clayton)
carried annual appropriations and
capital outlay legislation for the Clovis
and Tucumcari Agricultural Science
Centers. Rep. Jose Campos II ( D- Santa
Rosa), Sen. Clinton Harden ( R- Clovis)
and Rep. Anna Crook ( R- Clovis)
also introduced annual funding bills
for Clovis.
Sen. Mary Kay Papen ( D- Mesilla
Park) and Rep. Mary Helen Garcia
( D- Las Cruces) introduced bills for
our rural health education program.
Papen also introduced a Senate bill for
the state climatologist.
Rep. J. Paul Taylor ( D- Mesilla)
advocated for a family and fatherhood
education earmark in Human Services
along with Sen. Linda Lopez
( D- Albuquerque). Rep. Dan Foley
( R- Roswell) and Sen. Rod Adair
( R- Roswell) introduced capital outlay
bills for rodeo facilities at NMSU.
These officials needed support
from colleagues, and the college ben-efited
from the help of our supporters,
many actively involved in our
Extension and Research Support
Council, now led by Holly Woelber.
Many, many thanks!
DEAN’S PERSPECTIVE
by Jerry Schickedanz
The Leading
Object
NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY’S
VOLUME 18 / NUMBER 3
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
MARCH / 2004
AND HOME ECONOMICS
More than $ 2.25 million
in program funding made
it into legislation for Exten-sion
and Experiment Station
funding in the College of Agriculture
and Home Economics. Of that amount,
$ 550,000 made it into House Bill 2 for
Gov. Bill Richardson’s signature, as did
$ 165,000 in capital outlay funds.
The governor has until March 10
to sign the bills, with the option of
line- item vetoes.
Legislation includes a 2- percent
across- the- board compensation increase
for faculty and staff. House Bill 2 included
a $ 1 million earmark in the Human
Services Department budget for family
strengthening and fatherhood programs,
which could be implemented by
Extension. In addition, $ 150,000 was
included in House Bill 2 to support the
intercollegiate equestrian team program.
One piece of bad news was that
$ 130,000 in appropriations for chile
improvement, used by the Chile Task
Force, was dropped from the college’s
base budget. Efforts to restore the fund-ing
failed.
The following is a rundown of new
funding going to the governor for signature:
Program appropriations
Clovis ASC- AES $ 250,000
Clovis ASC- CES $ 75,000
Climatologist $ 100,000
Off- campus facility
renewal $ 100,000
Viticulturist $ 75,000
Rural Health Education $ 50,000
One- time capital outlay
Clovis ASC $ 80,000
Tucumcari ASC $ 35,000
Campus Rodeo Facilities $ 50,000
Legislative update
T
Five finalists for the position of NMSU pres-ident
will interview and hold open forums
on on campus this month. They are:
William V. Flores, interim president
and provost at NMSU; Tito Guerrero III,
president of Stephen F. Austin State
University in Texas; Michael V. Martin,
vice president for agriculture and natural
resources at the University of Florida;
Richard D. Ringeisen, chancellor of the
University of Illinois at Springfield; and
John Wanat, provost and vice chancellor
for academic affairs at the University of
Wisconsin- Milwaukee.
Each candidate will hold open foums
in Corbett Center and teleconference
sessions with branch campuses. Check
video. nmsu. edu for Internet streaming
of the teleconferences.
Flores joined NMSU in August 2001
as provost and chief academic officer,
responsible for the day- to- day leadership
of the university and its four branch
campuses. He was appointed interim
president in July 2003. On March 16, he
has open forums at 2 and 3: 15 p. m. and
a teleconference at 1 p. m.
Guerrero has been president of
Stephen F. Austin State University ( SFASU)
in Nacogdoches, Texas, since 2001 and
was president of the University of
Southern Colorado from 1997 to 2001.
Five are NMSU
presidential finalists
Continued on page 2
Sen. Jeff Bingaman
listens to a presen-tation
by Extension
specialist Craig
Runyan on the
Water Task Force,
during meetings
in Wooton Hall
on Feb. 17.
Bingaman spent the
morning discussing
water issues with NMSU faculty.
gricultural
science cen-ters
that are pro-gressive
enough
to meet their
constituents’
present and
future needs
typically have five
components that
are integral to
their makeup.
I’m proud to say that here at NMSU
both the Fabian Garcia Research
Center and the Leyendecker Plant
Science Research Center have these
attributes.
These components include:
( 1) Faculty— we have 36, many
of whom strive to think outside the
box; ( 2) A support base— we have
equipment, 280 acres and a
15- member research support staff
team; ( 3) Students— many challenge
themselves with science- based
paradigms for applying new ideas
and technologies in agriculture;
( 4) Collaborative resources— our
faculty have been successful in
bringing money and partners that
put us far above the norm; and
( 5) Uniqueness— our demographics
encompassing biological, geographical
and social issues give us a unique
focus to meet New Mexico’s needs.
Faculty, staff and students are
applying new technologies in genet-ics,
irrigation efficiency, improved cul-tural
farming and harvesting practices,
pesticide and biocontrol use models
to solve problems relating to chile,
onions, cotton, pecans, alfalfa/ forage,
native plants, turfgrasses, flowers,
organic gardening and landscape
materials.
Biosecurity training set for July
A biosecurity awareness training
conference for agricultural workers
is tentatively set for July 20- 21 in
Albuquerque, said George Dickerson,
Extension horticulture specialist. The
conference will be directed at special-ists,
agents, livestock inspectors,
brand inspectors, and New Mexico
Department of Agriculture inspectors.
Each day will be devoted to livestock
or plant issues.
The state Office of Emergency
Services of the Department of Public
Safety is sponsoring the conference.
Gerald Thomas Hall to get
wireless Internet access
Students, faculty and staff will be
able to use a wireless computer
network virtually anywhere within
Gerald Thomas Hall by early April,
said Danny Bosch, network engineer
with Information and Communication
Technologies.
The network will allow Internet
access for anyone with ( IEEE)
802.11G or 802.11B wireless cards
in their computers. Students, faculty
and staff will need to register their
cards online with NMSU using their
names and PIN numbers. Bosch
hopes to offer a virtual private net-work
security option for those who
want encrypted signals. Bosch said
the hallways and common areas
should be served by the system.
Coming Up
2
Finalists ( continued from page 1)
He also has served as provost and vice
president for academic affairs at Texas
A& M University- Corpus Christi. On
March 12, he holds forums at 2 and
3: 15 p. m. and a teleconference at 1 p. m.
Since October 1998, Martin has been
vice president for agriculture and natural
resources at the University of Florida,
presiding over the Institute of Food and
Agricultural Sciences ( IFAS) with its
Agricultural Experiment Station,
Cooperative Extension Service, two
colleges and one school. He previously
served as dean of the College of
Agricultural, Food and Environmental
Sciences at the University of Minnesota.
On March 17, he holds forums at 1 and
2: 15 p. m. and a teleconference at 11 a. m.
Ringeisen has been chancellor and
chief executive officer at the University
of Illinois at Springfield ( UIS) since April
2001. From June 1996 to April 2001
he was vice chancellor for academic
affairs and chief academic officer at East
Carolina University in North Carolina.
Before that he was dean of the College
of Sciences at Old Dominion University
in Virginia. On March 15, he holds
forums at 1 and 2: 15 p. m. and a tele-conference
at 11 a. m.
Wanat became provost and vice
chancellor for academic affairs at the
University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee
( UWM) in 2000 after serving as vice
provost at the University of Illinois at
Chicago from 1995- 2000. On March 11,
he has forums at 1 and 2: 15 p. m. and a
teleconference at 11 a. m.
The University of Florida, NMSU
and UWM are classified as “ Carnegie
Doctoral/ Research Universities- Extensive.”
University of Illinois at Springfield and
Stephen F. Austin State University are
classified as “ Carnegie Masters
Universities I.”
Including branch campuses, NMSU
has a $ 435 million budget, with $ 152
million in research and public service
expenditures, 23,578 students and a
Division I- A athletic program. UWM has
a $ 402 million budget with $ 42 million
in research and public service expendi-tures,
25,000 students and a Division
I- AA athletic program.
There is a $ 235 million budget with
a $ 70 million research budget and 4,000
students at IFAS. UIS has 4,500 students,
$ 7 million in grants and contracts and
an NAIA athletic program. There is a
$ 104 million budget with $ 5.5 million
in sponsored research expenditures,
11,000 students and a Division I- AA
athletic program at SFASU.
More information about the
presidential search is on the
university’s Web site at nmsu. edu/
~ advance/ ps/.
FROM THE FIELD
by Rick Bottoms,
Superintendent,
Garcia and Leyendecker
research centers
Emeritus faculty ( L- R)
Joe Armstrong and
Arnold Nelson catch
up on news while their
wives Dorothy Arnold
and Rusty Armstrong
do the same at the
Feb. 12 emeritus
breakfast in Gerald
Thomas Hall. The next
emeritus breakfast will
be in October.
A
hings
are really
cooking at
the Hotel,
Restaurant,
and Tourism
Management
Department
( HRTM), and
we have great
plans for 2004.
Enrollment in
the state’s largest
hospitality and tourism management
baccalaureate degree program hovers
around 300 undergraduates. This
makes HRTM the largest major in our
college. Our graduates are employed
with successful hotel, restaurant and
tourism businesses throughout the
United States, and our placement rate
for graduates remains extremely high.
Recruiters visiting the 2004 HRTM
Career Fair cite student academic
preparation and industry training as
two of the reasons they admire and
hire our students. This year’s career
fair hosted 33 recruiters, an increase
over previous years.
Coming soon is the bidding for
construction of the culinary labs in
the west end of Gerald Thomas Hall.
Demolition is completed, and project
funding of more than $ 600,000 has
been secured. Leadership provided by
HRTM faculty has contributed to the
success of the fundraising. Priscilla
Bloomquist obtained a $ 150,000 gift
from the Willard and Alice Marriott
Foundation for equipment. Keith
Mandabach obtained a $ 50,000 gift
from Darden Restaurants for the lab’s
demonstration kitchen. Previous and
current administrators and the HRTM
Board of Advisors have raised the
additional funding through private
sector donors and special events. Our
culinary lab development project is
the priority for 2004 and an expected
highlight for the year.
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Three new endowments were created
to benefit students in the College of
Agriculture and Home Economics. The
McCarter Endowment, established by
agricultural economics alumnus Palmer
McCarter (‘ 68, ‘ 70), will benefit graduate
student research. Emeritus professor
Arden Baltensperger and his wife, Elsie,
established a scholarship for graduate
students in Agronomy and Horticulture.
Dan Delaney (‘ 78) established the Sean
Delaney Memorial Endowed Scholarship
for students on the livestock judging
team in Animal and Range Sciences.
The Esteban Herrera scholarship fund
was established recently and seeks
funding to endow the scholarship.
See more on alumni and develop-ment
by going to cahe. nmsu. edu
and clicking “ alumni.”
T
by Janet Green,
Interim Head, Hotel,
Restaurant and Tourism
Management
DEPARTMENT PERSPECTIVE
The Aggie livestock judging team
finished fourth at the Southwestern
Livestock Show and Exposition in Fort
Worth, continuing a string of top- five
finishes. The team placed second in
cattle, swine and horse categories;
third in reasons; and eighth in sheep.
The team’s score of 4,584 was only
43 points behind first- place Texas
A& M University. Individually, NMSU’s
Joni Martin, a junior from Upland,
Ind., finished third in horses and sixth
in cattle. Junior Marco Hamilton from
Silver City was ninth in sheep. For
more, go to cahe. nmsu. edu and
click “ News Center.”
A year- in- review of College of Agriculture
and Home Economics’ Web site server
statistics shows the Web site averaging a
hit every five to six seconds during a
24- hour day, said John C. Chamberlin,
college computing analyst.
Logs show 14,500 hits per day,
85 percent originating from off campus;
that is about one- half million hits per
month from off campus. The publication
Making Salsa at Home is downloaded
an average of 171 times per day; the
second most popular online publication
is Tanning Deer Hides and Small Fur Skins,
which is downloaded 144 times per day.
Those seeking data from the logs can
contact Chamberlin at cc@ nmsu. edu.
Justin Gleghorn
Interim Superintendent
Clayton Livestock Research Center
Edward Goff III
Advisor/ Trainer
NM Works, Alamogordo
Heidi A. Hubble
Science Specialist
Entomology, Plant Pathology & Weed
Sciences
Robert Jobe
Computer Specialist I
Extension Information Technology
Mariana Lucero
Records Tech II
Business & Resource Plann
Hershel Muniz
Extension Associate II
Extension Economics - Alcalde
Olga Ostos
Audit Budget Tech I
Business & Resource Planning
Les Purcella
Director, AXED/ FFA Programs
Agricultural & Extension Education
Noreen Romero
Extension Associate I
Santa Fe County
Elizabeth Roush
Extension Associate I
Eddy County Extension Office
Paula Roybal- Sanchez
Extension Associate II
Los Alamos County
Mark A. Runyan
Program Coordinator
AXED
Stephanie Walker
Extension Associate II
Extension Plant Sciences
For photos of many new employees
go to spectre. nmsu. edu/ new_ hires/
index. lasso
New faculty and staff
Bruce Jacobs, an experi-enced
health professional,
is the new Extension
health specialist based in
Las Cruces. He will assist
communities in pooling
their health resources. He
successfully co- developed collaborative
programs in New Mexico, including two
programs with the Extension service
while employed with the New Mexico
Department of Health. Jacobs is an
adjunct faculty member with NMSU’s
health science department. He earned a
doctorate in health, physical education
and recreation from the University of
New Mexico.
For the full story go to www. cahe.
nmsu. edu and click “ News Center”
then “ archives.”
Eastman selected for ADA leadership group
New endowments established
Livestock team places fourth in Fort Worth
College Web server busy
Wanda Eastman, associate professor of
human nutrition and food science, is
one of only 425 selected to attend the
American Dietetic Association’s first lead-ership
institute in Tucson last month.
The group was selected from 70,000
members of the ADA to participate in
an intensive certificate training for lead-ership
in dietetics.
esides trying
to figure
out the day- to-day
administra-tive
responsibili-ties
of this posi-tion,
I have spent
the first three
months traveling
about the state
in an effort to lis-ten
and learn.
Clearly I have much more to learn,
but the past three months reaffirmed
what I already believed— New
Mexico is a great state, and NMSU is
a great university.
I learned that NMSU Extension’s
unique structure and function enable
it to maintain its reputation for high
quality, nonformal educational pro-grams
throughout the state of New
Mexico. I also learned that many
Extension faculty and staff have a
sense of urgency for us to reflect upon
our strategic direction to determine
whether or not we are well positioned
to cope successfully with all that is
occurring around us.
This must be done not in a strate-gic
planning exercise, but as we do
our work— developing applied and
adaptive research; providing informa-tion,
education and technical assis-tance;
and offering local development
programs using a variety of delivery
methods. In the coming year we will
examine our vision, structure and
processes to assure that we are acces-sible
and able to engage with the
people of New Mexico and with other
public and private sector partners.
EVENTS
Fridays
Agronomy and Horticulture
Graduate Seminars
Campus
Contact: Rick Bottoms, 646- 2232
March 16
Tucumcari Bull Test Sale
Tucumcari
Contact: Ron Parker, 646- 1709
March 18
Small Farm Irrigation Conference
Santa Fe
Contact: George Dickerson, 275- 2576
March 19
Medicinal Herbs Seminar
Santa Fe
Contact: Charles Martin, 852- 4241
March 25
Cattle Growers’ Short Course
Roswell
Contact: Ron Parker, 646- 1709
March 31 - April 3
State FFA Career Development Events
Campus
Contact: Lane Widner, 646- 4260
April 3
Aggie Rodeo
Las Cruces
Contact: Jim Brown, 646- 3659
April 13/ 15
Performance Analysis Workshop
Tucumcari/ Carrizozo
Contact: Clay Mathis, 646- 8022
April 17
Aggie Day
Campus
Contact: Chad Rabon, 430- 2503
April 21
New Faculty Training
Campus
Contact: Susan Waldo, 646- 7936
April 24
NMSU Bull and Horse Sale
Las Cruces
Contact: Neil Burcham, 646- 2309
For more information, go to
cahe. nmsu. edu and click
“ college events.”
The Morrill Act of 1862 established a land-grant
university in each state where The
Leading Object would be instruction in
agriculture and related fields.
The Leading Object is dedicated to encour-aging
communication among all areas of
NMSU’s College of Agriculture
and Home Economics.
Department of Agricultural Communications
NMSU / MSC 3AI / P. O. Box 30003
Las Cruces, NM 88003- 8003
( 505) 646- 2701/ Rm. 173
Gerald Thomas Hall
Jerry G. Schickedanz,
Dean and Chief Administrative Officer
4
B
By Paul Gutierrez,
Associate Dean for
Extension
ASSOCIATE DEAN’S PERSPECTIVE
Wood Powell Anderson
Weed scientist, researcher,
teacher and author Wood
Powell Anderson, 81, died
Sept. 25, 2003, in Las
Cruces. Anderson is
remembered as a dedicated scientist
and researcher.
A native of Washington, D. C.,
Anderson earned a bachelor’s degree
in horticulture and a master’s degree
in agronomy from the University of
Maryland. He came to NMSU in 1961,
where he developed and taught two
courses on weed science in the
agronomy department. He worked
in Agronomy and with the Agricultural
Experiment Station, authoring dozens
of publications and three books on field
and greenhouse research until his retire-ment
in 1986.
In memoriam
Huling ‘ Jupe’ Means,
recipient of the college’s
2003 Philip J. Leyendecker
Agriculturist of Distinction
Award and a leading New
Mexico cattleman, died
Feb. 27 at his home in
Buckhorn. He was 87.
Means spent a lifetime in the cattle
business, the majority of it on the H Bar Y
Ranch near Cliff in southwestern New
Mexico. He started riding when he was 3
and became a championship polo player
for New Mexico Military Institute, a bronc
buster and New Mexico Cattleman of the
Year. He was also an active member of
the Farm and Livestock Bureau and a
founding member of the New Mexico
Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum.
Means also established scholarships for
College of Agriculture and Home
Economics students.
NMSU is an equal opportunity/ affirmative action employer and educator. NMSU and USDA cooperating.
Equestrian team wins regionals
The NMSU equestrian stock- seat ( west-ern)
team won the Intercollegiate Horse
Show Association’s regional champi-onship
title on Feb. 22 at Colorado State
University, qualifying the Aggie riders for
national competition May 6- 9 at Middle
Tennessee State University. The Aggies
edged out defending regional champ
Colorado State University by 3 points,
224 to 221.
For a complete story go to cahe. nmsu. edu
and click “ News Center.”

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hank yous
are in order
to the following
legislators for
supporting col-lege-
related ini-tiatives
at the
recent legislative
session. Rep.
Andrew Nunez
( D- Hatch) introduced bills for a clima-tologist,
viticulturist, off- campus facili-ty
renewal, veterinarian, turf specialist
and livestock judging team. Sen. Mary
Jane Garcia ( D- Las Cruces) introduced
viticulturist legislation and Sen. Ben
Altamirano ( D- Silver City) a veterinari-an
bill.
Rep. Brian Moore ( R- Clayton)
carried annual appropriations and
capital outlay legislation for the Clovis
and Tucumcari Agricultural Science
Centers. Rep. Jose Campos II ( D- Santa
Rosa), Sen. Clinton Harden ( R- Clovis)
and Rep. Anna Crook ( R- Clovis)
also introduced annual funding bills
for Clovis.
Sen. Mary Kay Papen ( D- Mesilla
Park) and Rep. Mary Helen Garcia
( D- Las Cruces) introduced bills for
our rural health education program.
Papen also introduced a Senate bill for
the state climatologist.
Rep. J. Paul Taylor ( D- Mesilla)
advocated for a family and fatherhood
education earmark in Human Services
along with Sen. Linda Lopez
( D- Albuquerque). Rep. Dan Foley
( R- Roswell) and Sen. Rod Adair
( R- Roswell) introduced capital outlay
bills for rodeo facilities at NMSU.
These officials needed support
from colleagues, and the college ben-efited
from the help of our supporters,
many actively involved in our
Extension and Research Support
Council, now led by Holly Woelber.
Many, many thanks!
DEAN’S PERSPECTIVE
by Jerry Schickedanz
The Leading
Object
NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY’S
VOLUME 18 / NUMBER 3
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
MARCH / 2004
AND HOME ECONOMICS
More than $ 2.25 million
in program funding made
it into legislation for Exten-sion
and Experiment Station
funding in the College of Agriculture
and Home Economics. Of that amount,
$ 550,000 made it into House Bill 2 for
Gov. Bill Richardson’s signature, as did
$ 165,000 in capital outlay funds.
The governor has until March 10
to sign the bills, with the option of
line- item vetoes.
Legislation includes a 2- percent
across- the- board compensation increase
for faculty and staff. House Bill 2 included
a $ 1 million earmark in the Human
Services Department budget for family
strengthening and fatherhood programs,
which could be implemented by
Extension. In addition, $ 150,000 was
included in House Bill 2 to support the
intercollegiate equestrian team program.
One piece of bad news was that
$ 130,000 in appropriations for chile
improvement, used by the Chile Task
Force, was dropped from the college’s
base budget. Efforts to restore the fund-ing
failed.
The following is a rundown of new
funding going to the governor for signature:
Program appropriations
Clovis ASC- AES $ 250,000
Clovis ASC- CES $ 75,000
Climatologist $ 100,000
Off- campus facility
renewal $ 100,000
Viticulturist $ 75,000
Rural Health Education $ 50,000
One- time capital outlay
Clovis ASC $ 80,000
Tucumcari ASC $ 35,000
Campus Rodeo Facilities $ 50,000
Legislative update
T
Five finalists for the position of NMSU pres-ident
will interview and hold open forums
on on campus this month. They are:
William V. Flores, interim president
and provost at NMSU; Tito Guerrero III,
president of Stephen F. Austin State
University in Texas; Michael V. Martin,
vice president for agriculture and natural
resources at the University of Florida;
Richard D. Ringeisen, chancellor of the
University of Illinois at Springfield; and
John Wanat, provost and vice chancellor
for academic affairs at the University of
Wisconsin- Milwaukee.
Each candidate will hold open foums
in Corbett Center and teleconference
sessions with branch campuses. Check
video. nmsu. edu for Internet streaming
of the teleconferences.
Flores joined NMSU in August 2001
as provost and chief academic officer,
responsible for the day- to- day leadership
of the university and its four branch
campuses. He was appointed interim
president in July 2003. On March 16, he
has open forums at 2 and 3: 15 p. m. and
a teleconference at 1 p. m.
Guerrero has been president of
Stephen F. Austin State University ( SFASU)
in Nacogdoches, Texas, since 2001 and
was president of the University of
Southern Colorado from 1997 to 2001.
Five are NMSU
presidential finalists
Continued on page 2
Sen. Jeff Bingaman
listens to a presen-tation
by Extension
specialist Craig
Runyan on the
Water Task Force,
during meetings
in Wooton Hall
on Feb. 17.
Bingaman spent the
morning discussing
water issues with NMSU faculty.
gricultural
science cen-ters
that are pro-gressive
enough
to meet their
constituents’
present and
future needs
typically have five
components that
are integral to
their makeup.
I’m proud to say that here at NMSU
both the Fabian Garcia Research
Center and the Leyendecker Plant
Science Research Center have these
attributes.
These components include:
( 1) Faculty— we have 36, many
of whom strive to think outside the
box; ( 2) A support base— we have
equipment, 280 acres and a
15- member research support staff
team; ( 3) Students— many challenge
themselves with science- based
paradigms for applying new ideas
and technologies in agriculture;
( 4) Collaborative resources— our
faculty have been successful in
bringing money and partners that
put us far above the norm; and
( 5) Uniqueness— our demographics
encompassing biological, geographical
and social issues give us a unique
focus to meet New Mexico’s needs.
Faculty, staff and students are
applying new technologies in genet-ics,
irrigation efficiency, improved cul-tural
farming and harvesting practices,
pesticide and biocontrol use models
to solve problems relating to chile,
onions, cotton, pecans, alfalfa/ forage,
native plants, turfgrasses, flowers,
organic gardening and landscape
materials.
Biosecurity training set for July
A biosecurity awareness training
conference for agricultural workers
is tentatively set for July 20- 21 in
Albuquerque, said George Dickerson,
Extension horticulture specialist. The
conference will be directed at special-ists,
agents, livestock inspectors,
brand inspectors, and New Mexico
Department of Agriculture inspectors.
Each day will be devoted to livestock
or plant issues.
The state Office of Emergency
Services of the Department of Public
Safety is sponsoring the conference.
Gerald Thomas Hall to get
wireless Internet access
Students, faculty and staff will be
able to use a wireless computer
network virtually anywhere within
Gerald Thomas Hall by early April,
said Danny Bosch, network engineer
with Information and Communication
Technologies.
The network will allow Internet
access for anyone with ( IEEE)
802.11G or 802.11B wireless cards
in their computers. Students, faculty
and staff will need to register their
cards online with NMSU using their
names and PIN numbers. Bosch
hopes to offer a virtual private net-work
security option for those who
want encrypted signals. Bosch said
the hallways and common areas
should be served by the system.
Coming Up
2
Finalists ( continued from page 1)
He also has served as provost and vice
president for academic affairs at Texas
A& M University- Corpus Christi. On
March 12, he holds forums at 2 and
3: 15 p. m. and a teleconference at 1 p. m.
Since October 1998, Martin has been
vice president for agriculture and natural
resources at the University of Florida,
presiding over the Institute of Food and
Agricultural Sciences ( IFAS) with its
Agricultural Experiment Station,
Cooperative Extension Service, two
colleges and one school. He previously
served as dean of the College of
Agricultural, Food and Environmental
Sciences at the University of Minnesota.
On March 17, he holds forums at 1 and
2: 15 p. m. and a teleconference at 11 a. m.
Ringeisen has been chancellor and
chief executive officer at the University
of Illinois at Springfield ( UIS) since April
2001. From June 1996 to April 2001
he was vice chancellor for academic
affairs and chief academic officer at East
Carolina University in North Carolina.
Before that he was dean of the College
of Sciences at Old Dominion University
in Virginia. On March 15, he holds
forums at 1 and 2: 15 p. m. and a tele-conference
at 11 a. m.
Wanat became provost and vice
chancellor for academic affairs at the
University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee
( UWM) in 2000 after serving as vice
provost at the University of Illinois at
Chicago from 1995- 2000. On March 11,
he has forums at 1 and 2: 15 p. m. and a
teleconference at 11 a. m.
The University of Florida, NMSU
and UWM are classified as “ Carnegie
Doctoral/ Research Universities- Extensive.”
University of Illinois at Springfield and
Stephen F. Austin State University are
classified as “ Carnegie Masters
Universities I.”
Including branch campuses, NMSU
has a $ 435 million budget, with $ 152
million in research and public service
expenditures, 23,578 students and a
Division I- A athletic program. UWM has
a $ 402 million budget with $ 42 million
in research and public service expendi-tures,
25,000 students and a Division
I- AA athletic program.
There is a $ 235 million budget with
a $ 70 million research budget and 4,000
students at IFAS. UIS has 4,500 students,
$ 7 million in grants and contracts and
an NAIA athletic program. There is a
$ 104 million budget with $ 5.5 million
in sponsored research expenditures,
11,000 students and a Division I- AA
athletic program at SFASU.
More information about the
presidential search is on the
university’s Web site at nmsu. edu/
~ advance/ ps/.
FROM THE FIELD
by Rick Bottoms,
Superintendent,
Garcia and Leyendecker
research centers
Emeritus faculty ( L- R)
Joe Armstrong and
Arnold Nelson catch
up on news while their
wives Dorothy Arnold
and Rusty Armstrong
do the same at the
Feb. 12 emeritus
breakfast in Gerald
Thomas Hall. The next
emeritus breakfast will
be in October.
A
hings
are really
cooking at
the Hotel,
Restaurant,
and Tourism
Management
Department
( HRTM), and
we have great
plans for 2004.
Enrollment in
the state’s largest
hospitality and tourism management
baccalaureate degree program hovers
around 300 undergraduates. This
makes HRTM the largest major in our
college. Our graduates are employed
with successful hotel, restaurant and
tourism businesses throughout the
United States, and our placement rate
for graduates remains extremely high.
Recruiters visiting the 2004 HRTM
Career Fair cite student academic
preparation and industry training as
two of the reasons they admire and
hire our students. This year’s career
fair hosted 33 recruiters, an increase
over previous years.
Coming soon is the bidding for
construction of the culinary labs in
the west end of Gerald Thomas Hall.
Demolition is completed, and project
funding of more than $ 600,000 has
been secured. Leadership provided by
HRTM faculty has contributed to the
success of the fundraising. Priscilla
Bloomquist obtained a $ 150,000 gift
from the Willard and Alice Marriott
Foundation for equipment. Keith
Mandabach obtained a $ 50,000 gift
from Darden Restaurants for the lab’s
demonstration kitchen. Previous and
current administrators and the HRTM
Board of Advisors have raised the
additional funding through private
sector donors and special events. Our
culinary lab development project is
the priority for 2004 and an expected
highlight for the year.
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Three new endowments were created
to benefit students in the College of
Agriculture and Home Economics. The
McCarter Endowment, established by
agricultural economics alumnus Palmer
McCarter (‘ 68, ‘ 70), will benefit graduate
student research. Emeritus professor
Arden Baltensperger and his wife, Elsie,
established a scholarship for graduate
students in Agronomy and Horticulture.
Dan Delaney (‘ 78) established the Sean
Delaney Memorial Endowed Scholarship
for students on the livestock judging
team in Animal and Range Sciences.
The Esteban Herrera scholarship fund
was established recently and seeks
funding to endow the scholarship.
See more on alumni and develop-ment
by going to cahe. nmsu. edu
and clicking “ alumni.”
T
by Janet Green,
Interim Head, Hotel,
Restaurant and Tourism
Management
DEPARTMENT PERSPECTIVE
The Aggie livestock judging team
finished fourth at the Southwestern
Livestock Show and Exposition in Fort
Worth, continuing a string of top- five
finishes. The team placed second in
cattle, swine and horse categories;
third in reasons; and eighth in sheep.
The team’s score of 4,584 was only
43 points behind first- place Texas
A& M University. Individually, NMSU’s
Joni Martin, a junior from Upland,
Ind., finished third in horses and sixth
in cattle. Junior Marco Hamilton from
Silver City was ninth in sheep. For
more, go to cahe. nmsu. edu and
click “ News Center.”
A year- in- review of College of Agriculture
and Home Economics’ Web site server
statistics shows the Web site averaging a
hit every five to six seconds during a
24- hour day, said John C. Chamberlin,
college computing analyst.
Logs show 14,500 hits per day,
85 percent originating from off campus;
that is about one- half million hits per
month from off campus. The publication
Making Salsa at Home is downloaded
an average of 171 times per day; the
second most popular online publication
is Tanning Deer Hides and Small Fur Skins,
which is downloaded 144 times per day.
Those seeking data from the logs can
contact Chamberlin at cc@ nmsu. edu.
Justin Gleghorn
Interim Superintendent
Clayton Livestock Research Center
Edward Goff III
Advisor/ Trainer
NM Works, Alamogordo
Heidi A. Hubble
Science Specialist
Entomology, Plant Pathology & Weed
Sciences
Robert Jobe
Computer Specialist I
Extension Information Technology
Mariana Lucero
Records Tech II
Business & Resource Plann
Hershel Muniz
Extension Associate II
Extension Economics - Alcalde
Olga Ostos
Audit Budget Tech I
Business & Resource Planning
Les Purcella
Director, AXED/ FFA Programs
Agricultural & Extension Education
Noreen Romero
Extension Associate I
Santa Fe County
Elizabeth Roush
Extension Associate I
Eddy County Extension Office
Paula Roybal- Sanchez
Extension Associate II
Los Alamos County
Mark A. Runyan
Program Coordinator
AXED
Stephanie Walker
Extension Associate II
Extension Plant Sciences
For photos of many new employees
go to spectre. nmsu. edu/ new_ hires/
index. lasso
New faculty and staff
Bruce Jacobs, an experi-enced
health professional,
is the new Extension
health specialist based in
Las Cruces. He will assist
communities in pooling
their health resources. He
successfully co- developed collaborative
programs in New Mexico, including two
programs with the Extension service
while employed with the New Mexico
Department of Health. Jacobs is an
adjunct faculty member with NMSU’s
health science department. He earned a
doctorate in health, physical education
and recreation from the University of
New Mexico.
For the full story go to www. cahe.
nmsu. edu and click “ News Center”
then “ archives.”
Eastman selected for ADA leadership group
New endowments established
Livestock team places fourth in Fort Worth
College Web server busy
Wanda Eastman, associate professor of
human nutrition and food science, is
one of only 425 selected to attend the
American Dietetic Association’s first lead-ership
institute in Tucson last month.
The group was selected from 70,000
members of the ADA to participate in
an intensive certificate training for lead-ership
in dietetics.
esides trying
to figure
out the day- to-day
administra-tive
responsibili-ties
of this posi-tion,
I have spent
the first three
months traveling
about the state
in an effort to lis-ten
and learn.
Clearly I have much more to learn,
but the past three months reaffirmed
what I already believed— New
Mexico is a great state, and NMSU is
a great university.
I learned that NMSU Extension’s
unique structure and function enable
it to maintain its reputation for high
quality, nonformal educational pro-grams
throughout the state of New
Mexico. I also learned that many
Extension faculty and staff have a
sense of urgency for us to reflect upon
our strategic direction to determine
whether or not we are well positioned
to cope successfully with all that is
occurring around us.
This must be done not in a strate-gic
planning exercise, but as we do
our work— developing applied and
adaptive research; providing informa-tion,
education and technical assis-tance;
and offering local development
programs using a variety of delivery
methods. In the coming year we will
examine our vision, structure and
processes to assure that we are acces-sible
and able to engage with the
people of New Mexico and with other
public and private sector partners.
EVENTS
Fridays
Agronomy and Horticulture
Graduate Seminars
Campus
Contact: Rick Bottoms, 646- 2232
March 16
Tucumcari Bull Test Sale
Tucumcari
Contact: Ron Parker, 646- 1709
March 18
Small Farm Irrigation Conference
Santa Fe
Contact: George Dickerson, 275- 2576
March 19
Medicinal Herbs Seminar
Santa Fe
Contact: Charles Martin, 852- 4241
March 25
Cattle Growers’ Short Course
Roswell
Contact: Ron Parker, 646- 1709
March 31 - April 3
State FFA Career Development Events
Campus
Contact: Lane Widner, 646- 4260
April 3
Aggie Rodeo
Las Cruces
Contact: Jim Brown, 646- 3659
April 13/ 15
Performance Analysis Workshop
Tucumcari/ Carrizozo
Contact: Clay Mathis, 646- 8022
April 17
Aggie Day
Campus
Contact: Chad Rabon, 430- 2503
April 21
New Faculty Training
Campus
Contact: Susan Waldo, 646- 7936
April 24
NMSU Bull and Horse Sale
Las Cruces
Contact: Neil Burcham, 646- 2309
For more information, go to
cahe. nmsu. edu and click
“ college events.”
The Morrill Act of 1862 established a land-grant
university in each state where The
Leading Object would be instruction in
agriculture and related fields.
The Leading Object is dedicated to encour-aging
communication among all areas of
NMSU’s College of Agriculture
and Home Economics.
Department of Agricultural Communications
NMSU / MSC 3AI / P. O. Box 30003
Las Cruces, NM 88003- 8003
( 505) 646- 2701/ Rm. 173
Gerald Thomas Hall
Jerry G. Schickedanz,
Dean and Chief Administrative Officer
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By Paul Gutierrez,
Associate Dean for
Extension
ASSOCIATE DEAN’S PERSPECTIVE
Wood Powell Anderson
Weed scientist, researcher,
teacher and author Wood
Powell Anderson, 81, died
Sept. 25, 2003, in Las
Cruces. Anderson is
remembered as a dedicated scientist
and researcher.
A native of Washington, D. C.,
Anderson earned a bachelor’s degree
in horticulture and a master’s degree
in agronomy from the University of
Maryland. He came to NMSU in 1961,
where he developed and taught two
courses on weed science in the
agronomy department. He worked
in Agronomy and with the Agricultural
Experiment Station, authoring dozens
of publications and three books on field
and greenhouse research until his retire-ment
in 1986.
In memoriam
Huling ‘ Jupe’ Means,
recipient of the college’s
2003 Philip J. Leyendecker
Agriculturist of Distinction
Award and a leading New
Mexico cattleman, died
Feb. 27 at his home in
Buckhorn. He was 87.
Means spent a lifetime in the cattle
business, the majority of it on the H Bar Y
Ranch near Cliff in southwestern New
Mexico. He started riding when he was 3
and became a championship polo player
for New Mexico Military Institute, a bronc
buster and New Mexico Cattleman of the
Year. He was also an active member of
the Farm and Livestock Bureau and a
founding member of the New Mexico
Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum.
Means also established scholarships for
College of Agriculture and Home
Economics students.
NMSU is an equal opportunity/ affirmative action employer and educator. NMSU and USDA cooperating.
Equestrian team wins regionals
The NMSU equestrian stock- seat ( west-ern)
team won the Intercollegiate Horse
Show Association’s regional champi-onship
title on Feb. 22 at Colorado State
University, qualifying the Aggie riders for
national competition May 6- 9 at Middle
Tennessee State University. The Aggies
edged out defending regional champ
Colorado State University by 3 points,
224 to 221.
For a complete story go to cahe. nmsu. edu
and click “ News Center.”